Establishing Working Partnerships

1. The James Lind Alliance (JLA) is about ‘tackling treatment uncertainties together’. Patient organisations and clinician organisations will work together to confront uncertainties about the effects of treatments. JLA Working Partnerships consist of at least one patient organisation and at least one clinician organisation.
2. Whenever possible, patients themselves should present their interests and views in JLA Working Partnerships. When they are unable to so, for example, when suffering from cognitive impairment, the families or other carers of patients, or other non-clinician advocates, may try to represent their interests.
3. The clinicians comprising the other half of each JLA Working Partnership must include those who are routinely involved in treating patients with the health problem(s) being considered.
4. Patient and clinician organisations which have agreed to establish a JLA Working Partnership, should apply jointly to the JLA Secretariat, providing appropriate registration details (see below). This will involve stating the health problem(s) and treatments about which there is uncertainty, and which they feel would benefit from discussion at one or more JLA priority setting meetings, with a view to developing appropriate action plans.
5. There is currently no charge for registration as a JLA Working Partnership.

To register as a JLA Working Partnership go to Application for Registration